Below are my comments on the proposed changes. First of all, kudos to K5ZD and the Committee for continually adjusting the rules to meet changing conditions and also making them available for comment
3) Changing of log after a QSO is completed - I fear this restriction is overkill. To require a recording of the contest but then saying you can't use it to correct a log seems a bit ridiculous. Thi
Here is the proposed wording: Correction of logged call signs and exchanges after a QSO is complete by using use of any database, recordings, email or other methods of confirming QSOs is not allowed.
Because "other methods" is so broad as to prevent you from looking at a call, realizing you got it wrong (say, based on experience or a list of active calls you saw before the contest) and changing
No, I'm sorry. It says "other methods of confirming QSOs" NOT "other methods". Here: 1. I type in everything and hit enter 2. One nanosecond later I notice something is wrong. 3. I do what I need to
No, look at the revised draft again. The phrase of confirming QSOs has been stricken in the new version. It now reads just other methods. This wording prevents any editing whatsoever after the QSO ha
Fair enough. I must not be looking at the right draft. But... continue on paper - I am running after all and don't care about dupes. I get my computer back, continue computer logging, and at 2400z th
The preview of revisions is here: http://cqww.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cqww_rules_2015_draft1.pdf The rule says no Correction of logged entries. Converting the log to another format isnt t
So..if I'm running on 20M and work WC1M on CW. Then after hitting enter and logging the QSO I notice I typed W1CM in error ( I am a really crappy typist ) I should not be able to correct my typo? Are
Now there is a conflict between the rules. On the air, the station sent "V44HH". Under scenario 1, I copied it as V44HS but it is on my recording as "V44HH". I should change it to what was sent but I
Hi, Well, that would a radical change, but my opinion is that the whole contest should be contained inside the time limit. That means for me that every log should be received BEFORE the end of the co
If what Dick suggests is true, that WW has become a typing contest, and it really is the intent to prevent the correction of honest fat-finger flubs, then that is the height of silliness? The CQ rule
OK, so please follow me carefully... Recall I typed the wrong thing into the computer, but then scribbled the right thing on to paper before moving on to the next station which is calling me right no
As you often do, Kelly, you have exposed the core of the issue with an excellent analogy. 73, HB Ambulance dispatcher: unit 7, suspected cardiac arrest, 738 Mrs. Robinson Way. Ambulance: 738 Mrs. Rob
This is getting Crazy! What did sponsors do when it was all paper logs and dupe sheets, and terrible penmanship many of us have on a non rushed day never mind trying to log the contact, up date the d
Yes, its silly. And remember Im not advocating for the revised rules. Im just trying to interpret them. I think your note on paper example technically would qualify as an edit because you used it to
I'd love to see a rule that the log has to be submitted immediately, but the argument has been that some competitive stations don't have access to the Internet -- for example, someone doing a Dxpedit
Well Joe, I hate to say it, but I think there was a level of trust (misplaced, possibly, but that's another matter) that the vast majority played by the rules. So, IIRC, the log checkers spent a lot
So if the SDR recording shows that the call sign entered was the call sign sent, how does that prove whether it was edited? If I work you and, for whatever reason, use the paddle to send WC1M 599 4,
Hi Kelly, I think your example (while being picturesque) is wrong. What the rule want is you to log what has been exchanged. In that case you corrected the informations through a radio contact and yo